A Dragonfly in the Ointment

Ramblings and Rants

Dragonfly

Dragonfly
Location
Marysville, California, USA
Birthday
March 11
Title
Title? No one said there would be titles!
Company
No, thanks, I'm a loner
Bio
I'm 45 years old, married for 22 of them, and the mother of 2 teenagers. I'm a software test engineer by profession, and rather geeky. I've spent almost my entire life in Northern CA.

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Salon.com
AUGUST 1, 2008 5:34PM

Goodbye to the Golden Schnauzer

A week ago today, one of my dogs died, and I’m having some trouble processing it.

 

I’ve owned dogs my entire life, so I’m no stranger to dogs passing on to the great fire hydrant in the sky. However this time was different, she died suddenly without warning, due to a… Read full post »

Editor’s Pick
JULY 30, 2008 2:36PM

The IOC and politics

This post is inspired by today's column by King Kaufman on China’s full-scale retreat from their promise of being open and free for the Olympics, and the IOC’s Clintonian definition of the word “freedom”. (Less emphasis on the “free”, and more on the “dom&rdq/… Read full post »

JULY 30, 2008 1:11PM

Trying this on for size

Woo Hoo my first blog post!

 

I’ve thought about blogging before, but never really got the necessary gumption/motivation/narcissism going before now. I have another problem, in that my life is rather boring; so truth be told, I didn’t think anyone would read it. But with the  be/… Read full post »